Why Won't the Masked Puppy Bite Me Yet? (GB)

The gentle, scheming woman in power x the masked, broken puppy of a man

During the Jingzhen era, Princess Regent Yan Ting wielded power over the throne. When she wasn't attending court, her favorite pastime was admiring handsome men who wore masks.

Most of them, however, hid treacherous ambitions behind their masks. The only exception was a masked servant she'd picked up, who was as obedient as a dog.

Especially at night, when the man wore a silver mask and his watery eyes shimmered. Though he refused to submit, he still crawled to her feet in a sycophantic display, letting his thin robe slip from his shoulders to reveal skin as fair as jade. Such a beauty was truly irresistible.

But too much indulgence takes its toll, so she meant to take things slow and stop after a taste. Before long, though, she couldn't hold back and was having him eight times a day. She almost forgot that he had once been a guilty courtesan.

Courtesans are skilled performers, and dogs can bite.

The high officials and powerful men who had once toyed with him all met untimely deaths.

She recalled what she'd done to him lately:

She'd bitten him until his face was wet with tears, then refused to comfort him. She'd tormented him until he was hoarse, then ignored him. She'd taken everything he had, then patted his bottom and walked away.

Yan Ting, thinking to herself: Why hasn't he bitten me yet?

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The heir apparent Wei Yin was blessed with both beauty and talent. He'd worn a mask in public since childhood, and he had long been betrothed to Yan Ting, the Princess of Da Hui. He was the darling of everyone around him.

After five years living among commoners, burdened with debts of blood and thrown into prison, he was pulled out because of his face and reduced to a lowly plaything for the powerful and wealthy in another country.

By day, he was forced to sing vulgar, lascivious songs. In secret, every night, he plotted how to send them all to hell.

He never expected to run into his former fiancée at his lowest point, much less to be brought into the princess's residence as a male attendant.

The palace eunuch kept his looks intact while grinding down his pride, doing everything he could to force him to learn how to serve his master with disgraceful, obsequious methods.

Truthfully, he knew how to do all of that.

Treating his fiancée as his master was his duty. Letting his fiancée feel his chest muscles was his duty too. But was being taken by his fiancée until his heart crumbled also part of the job?

“Reading Guide”

1. Romance-focused, one-on-one, happy ending; the male lead is sexually inexperienced both inside and out.

2. The heroine has a storyline about becoming emperor. No major angst, and everyone has ordinary anatomy.

3. The male lead embraces a fourth-love dynamic for love, and usually acts weak. In reality, he's strong, but she's even stronger.

4. They aren't childhood sweethearts. A chance encounter planted the seed, so it's understandable that they can't clearly remember each other's faces.

Theme: Of life's eight sufferings, which one is sweet and serene?